Trustees to consider renting portable classrooms for CHS

By: PHILIP K. IRELAND - Staff Writer | Tuesday, September 11, 2007 11:54 PM PDT ∞

CARLSBAD -- Carlsbad Unified School District trustees will consider a proposal tonight to rent temporary classrooms in preparation for the upcoming renovation at Carlsbad High School.

If approved by the governing board during its regular meeting, the 13 new relocatable trailer classrooms and two portable restroom buildings will be placed near the old football field to provide teaching areas for students and instructors during three years of construction. The public meeting will be held in the Carlsbad City Council chambers at 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive.

The $83 million renovation at the high school is one of six planned projects in the district set to be completed over the next five years. Voters approved the sales of $198 million in school construction bonds last November. The district sold $40 million in bonds last week to finance planning and the first phases of construction.

The three-year rental from William Scottsman Inc. will cost $320,900. Each classroom will rent for $300 a month. Delivery, installation and removal will cost $96,500. The two portable restrooms will rent for $1,007 monthly, and set-up and removal will cost an additional $16,476.

Seven existing relocatable classrooms near the south end of campus will be moved to the same area near the football field. Another six relocatable classrooms already on campus are beyond repair and will be removed as part of the operation.

Under the same contract, William Scottsman Inc. also will provide a portable classroom at Aviara Oaks Middle School during construction of a permanent classroom building there. The one-year agreement will cost a total of $20,322, making the total contract price $341,222.

-- Contact Philip K. Ireland at (760) 901-4043 or online at pireland@nctimes.com.

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Carlsbad taxpayer wrote on Sep 13, 2007 9:57 PM:And explain to us why it makes sense to start construction on the existing high school first instead of starting construction at the Cannon/College site for the new high school? It seems like the district would save hundreds of thousands of dollars getting that structure up first and transfer the students to the new high school until CHS is complete. The board will never make rational decisions.

chs student wrote on Sep 16, 2007 11:10 PM:and move all those kids who have gone to chs for 4 yrs. yah cause that makes total sense. why dont people like "carlsbad tax payers" think of what the kids would want. i know i want to stay at chs and not go to some new school on our 50th anv,. yr. were there is no history or memories.-

To CHS student wrote on Sep 21, 2007 6:26 PM:So make new memories. You have to learn now that things change and you can't control things that the majority of Carlsbad wants for their community.

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